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there and back again

just back from a month-long trip back home to seattle. being back home was nice...i jumped right back into a hectic schedule followed by christmas institute which we all know, is a whole other kind of...

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as soon as im ready...

i will stop calling as soon as im ready.i won't look for you when i sign on to chat.i'll stop hoping i'll run into you around the next corner.i might even stop checking my mail every morning expecting...

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two naps = no sleep when you need it

it's april already... not quite sure how it came so quickly, but it's here and in the next three weeks im expected to hand in a total of 9 different projects/papers. for those who have never seen God...

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bahama mama

ingrid and i made it to the bahamas safely...spent a rainy day inside...and got up at 6 am this morning..eleuthera is definitely not the tourist paradise many would assume the bahamas to be, but that's...

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good friday

today was the first day the sun showed itself for more than 5 mins...literally. which is funny since it's good friday...when the sun should refuse to shine...speaking of which, we attended the good...

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heartbreaker

i recently read a los angeles times article alerting us to the fact that the baghdad morgue has released stats stating the iraqi casualties has now surpassed the 50,000 mark. and of course there are...

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the trouble with love is...

i think that's the title of a kelly clarkson song? not sure, but for some reason i have that hook in my head...and i'm not that creative at all, so i know it's not an original tune.a friend shared some...

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foreal this time

i think of myself as too idealistic sometimes. so fascinated with the way mature, opinionated, well-traveled people are supposed to deal with things, that often, i overlook my own wants and desires. i...

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ubuntu

it's troubling sometimes the amount of longing and expectation that i experience. it occurs on so many different levels too - being homesick for my family, waiting for mr. right (yet, not really...

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mark twain was a homie

I am continually amazed at how much we don't learn from history..how much we carry on with business as usual, and fail to see that one person's thoughts, an administration's rhetoric, and a company's...

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excerpt from "what about hitler?"

in preparing for my systematic theology creedal paper, i decided to ask some help from friends that are basically my version of a living library. thanks l.p and j.p!i was researching for the section on...

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not your mama's holy land - part I

in two weeks, i got less than 15 mosquito bites...a record low for me.for 15 days i ate some of the spiciest dishes i've ever had. bionic woman had nothing on me and my incredible stomach...i didn't...

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holy land part II

the second phase of our trip began with a turbulent airplane ride into kerala. while i was observing the magnificent landscape, lush forests, rivers and plains, i accidentally erased all of my pictures...

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isolated incident...that occurs annually

about this time every year, i begin to turn inward and make more room for random introspection. when in my immediate surroundings, folks begin to burrow themselves more and more deeply in work and...

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deadlines

it has been a while since i've posted anything...not since my overdramatic birthday plea in the beginning of october. =) let's just say that the day was wonderful and even the unexpected happened.fast...

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teary-eyed

my second christmas away from family and i only got teary-eyed..not bad.christmas eve was the day i feared most of all because in my family, we would stay out - usually at church for evening services -...

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what's the point?

a few days ago, a chaplain engaged a small group of us church folk (agency staff and seminarians) in a conversation that could be boiled down to one question: what's the point?what's the point of...

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hello again

since it's been far too long since i've posted anything..a good way to ease back into the flow of blogging would beto list the things that, if i had the time,would have wanted to blog about.here are a...

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winter in july

i pride myself on being so self-aware..and this extends to awareness about other things going on in the world --poverty, war, you know, things that the rest of the world is concerned with.this week,...

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oh my...

i've written at least five entries since my last post..and yet, haven't found the time to actually upload them.weird. i thought the point of blogging was to simplify the stream of...

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